Tesla K40m vs FirePro W5100

Place in performance ranking	485	462
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	2.92	1.03
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Bonaire	GK110B
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	31 March 2014 (10 years ago)	22 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$7,699
Current price	$220	$744 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W5100 has 183% better value for money than Tesla K40m.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2880
Core clock speed	930 MHz	745 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	876 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	245 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.64	210.2
Floating-point performance	1,428 gflops	4,291 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	171 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	288.4 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	1	no data
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data
HD сomponent video output	1	no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	3.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W5100 7.78

Tesla K40m 8.47
+8.9%

Tesla K40m outperforms FirePro W5100 by 9% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro W5100 3014

Tesla K40m 3281
+8.9%

Tesla K40m outperforms FirePro W5100 by 9% in Passmark.